Step outside after dark this week and you can watch chunks of an asteroid burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. Behold, the Geminid meteor shower, which is renowned as the year’s best.At peak Geminids, you could catch a shooting star every minute, and…- 10 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 11:35am -

Indigenous tribes from the Pacific Northwest to the Amazon Basin face a similar set of challenges: How to manage their lands, defend against corporate encroachment and document historic and religious sites for future generations. Often working with l…- 2 days ago, 11 Dec 17, 11:00am -

Marshes, streams and lakes lie alongside many of the roads and highways that zigzag across North America. Plants and animals inhabit these water bodies and can be exposed to many of the substances we put on those roads, including road salt.Rock sal…- 5 days ago, 8 Dec 17, 1:05pm -

When the humanoid robot Sophia was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia—the first robot to receive citizenship anywhere in the world—many people were outraged. Some were upset because she now had more rights than human women living in the same cou…- 8 days ago, 5 Dec 17, 11:45am -

Dogs are sending us an early warning signal about the spread of a potentially deadly tapeworm in North America.The tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, is normally found in rodents and other wild animals, including coyotes and foxes, but can spil…- 9 days ago, 4 Dec 17, 1:35pm -

Seventy-five years ago, the world officially entered the Atomic Age. Henceforth, it would never be the same.In October 1942, as part of the Manhattan Project, Enrico Fermi assembled a crack team of physicists for an urgent, top-secret government mi…- 12 days ago, 1 Dec 17, 7:53pm -

A tiny problem can have huge consequences for a space mission. Sometimes a huge endeavor hinges on the smallest detail — three seconds’ worth of fuel, an engineer’s stubbornness, a speck of paint, or a 1.3-millimeter calibration.When surprise…- 12 days ago, 1 Dec 17, 3:21pm -

People have been dreaming about space travel for hundreds of years, long before the arrival of the spectacular technologies behind space exploration today – mighty engines roaring fire and thunder, shiny metal shapes gliding in the vastness of the…- 12 days ago, 1 Dec 17, 12:14pm -

Huffington Post: US TEDWeekends

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie so eloquently notes, it's shockingly easy to have one narrative of Africa, one story of its people. She talks about leaving Nigeria to come to university in the US,…- 7 Oct 14, 4:56pm -

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.To understand the danger of a single story, start with a seed.It could be any seed, but a kernel of corn will do. In 1970, the genetic make up of corn in America had become so uniform that a fun…- 7 Oct 14, 4:23pm -

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.My first reaction to Adichie's talk on the danger of a single story is relief. All too often, the positive power of stories is uncritically celebrated. Here's a talk that considers their shadow…- 6 Oct 14, 2:05pm -

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.We cannot leave it to others to write our stories for us; we all have the right, and the responsibility, to write. This was my main takeaway from Nigerian writer Chimamanda's wise and powerful…- 1 Oct 14, 6:21pm -

Stories make us who we are. In this inspiring talk, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie beautifully conveys the importance of seeking out many stories from different points of view to form our understanding of the world. TED Weekends has brought you more…- 26 Sep 14, 1:36pm -

Why does the world seem to celebrate schmoozers, and what might we be missing when we assume quieter people have nothing worth saying? This persuasive talk from author (and self-proclaimed introvert) Susan Cain will leave you questioning your assumpt…- 19 Sep 14, 1:08pm -

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.I recently watched Zak Ebrahim's moving TED Talk. In it, he reveals that his father was a prominent convicted American terrorist who had plotted to bomb tunnels, bridges and even the United Nat…- 12 Sep 14, 4:38pm -

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post."I am tired of hating people," said Zak Ebrahim's mother after years of fervently defending her religious beliefs.Hate is such a powerful word, and when a family is forced to live under the rule…- 12 Sep 14, 4:35pm -

Zak Ebrahim is not my real name and was changed when my family decided to cut ties with my father, El-Sayed Nosair, the first member of a Bin Laden organization to shed blood on American soil. As I share in my TED Talk, I have struggled for years to…- 12 Sep 14, 3:20pm -

Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.In the TEDTalk My Autistic Brothers, Faith Jegede shares with us her experiences growing up with two brothers who have autism, one who does not speak with words, but with his heart, and her oth…- 5 Sep 14, 5:14pm -

Mashable

Although on the script page George Lucas is a man of too many words, in real life he is a man of too few. Those of us interested in the life of the shy Star Wars billionaire must make do with the tiniest of insights into his thinking about what Disne…- 6 mins ago, 13 Dec 17, 9:05pm -

Someone give us a Triwizard Tournament to win, as we need an excuse to hand over our galleons for this new Harry Potter-inspired activewear.A new range from Australian label Black Milk, "Team Hogwarts," is something we'd actually wear — and maybe…- 54 mins ago, 13 Dec 17, 8:17pm -

A record 262 journalists were jailed in 2017 simply for doing their work, according to a report published Wednesday by the Committee to Project Journalists. That figure is higher even than last year's historic peak of some 259 journalists behind bars…- 1 hour ago, 13 Dec 17, 8:08pm -

Fight the First Order as Finn or destroy the Resistance as Captain Phasma when The Last Jedi characters come to Star Wars Battlefront II.Released on Wednesday, the game's new DLC content features a single-player story called "Resurrection" alongside…- 2 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 7:38pm -

A study published in the European Journal of Nutrition found that eating a little bit of cheese per day could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Read more...More about Health, Mashable Video, Cheese, Healthy, and Mashable Video- 2 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 7:00pm -

The yeast spread Vegemite is iconic as they come in Australia, but it's probably the last thing you want to mix with anything remotely sweet.Too late: Now there's Vegemite icy poles (a.k.a. popsicles), and you can make them yourself according to a r…- 2 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 6:52pm -

The amount of sea level rise that most of us will experience in our lifetimes may be more than double what was previously anticipated, unless we sharply curtail greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study that factors in emerging, unsettling r…- 2 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 6:44pm -

Target plans to step up its delivery game in a big way come 2018.The retailer announced the $550 million acquisition of Shipt on Wednesday, adding a company that specializes specifically in same-day delivery to its asset portfolio. In the same annou…- 3 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 6:27pm -

DJ Earworm just dropped "United States of Pop 2017," known to everyone on the internet as the only music mashup that actually matters. This year's track title, "How We Do It," references Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," our song of the…- 3 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 6:23pm -

The rise of machine intelligence is often associated with the downfall of humanity, but analysis of clinical data is improving outcomes. That's making doctors more informed, not more redundant, for now.- 8 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 1:16pm -

TED Blog

We know that our world — our data, our lives, our countries — are becoming more and more connected. But what should we do with that? In two sessions of TED@IBM, the answer shaped up to be: Dream as big as you can. Speakers took the stage to pitch…- 4 days ago, 9 Dec 17, 10:41am -

TED is a global organization with a broad global audience. With our TED Translators program working in more than 100 languages, TEDx events happening every day around the world and so much more, we work hard to present the latest ideas for everyone,…- 5 days ago, 8 Dec 17, 5:47pm -

This year’s TEDWomen in New Orleans was a truly special conference, at a vital moment, and I’m sure the ripples will be felt for a long time to come. The theme this year was bridges: we build them, we cross them, sometimes we even burn them. Our…- 12 days ago, 1 Dec 17, 3:06pm -

Humanity is defined by its immense body of knowledge. Most times it inches forward, shedding light onto the mysteries of the universe and easing life’s endeavors in small increments. But in some special moments, knowledge and understanding leap for…- 13 days ago, 30 Nov 17, 8:12pm -

The speed of change is a constant in our lives. Sometimes it’s worth slowing things down, to look at what might be changing without us even considering it. To celebrate the efforts of innovators, change-makers and dreamers who are reimagining the…- 24 days ago, 20 Nov 17, 8:54am -

Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube writes: If you are about to watch my TED Talk, then you are watching the first one to have an expiry date. You see, when I went onto the red dot I was afraid, I was petrified — and this was not because of an ’80s tune o…- 26 days ago, 18 Nov 17, 8:53am -

We believe in ideas worth spreading. One of those ideas is that all humans are entitled to equal consideration and respect. The Washington Post recently reported that TED has grappled with sexual harassment at its conferences and in the workplace. W…- 26 days ago, 17 Nov 17, 8:06pm -

Courage comes in many forms. In the face of fear, it’s the conviction to dream, dare, innovate, create and transform. It’s the ability to try and try again, to admit when we’re wrong and stand up for what’s right. TED and Tommy Hilfiger both…- 28 days ago, 15 Nov 17, 7:32pm -

Do you have an idea idea worth spreading? Do you want to speak on the TED2018 stage in Vancouver in April? To find more new voices, TED is hosting an Idea Search at our office theater in New York City on January 24, 2018. Speakers who audition at thi…- 29 days ago, 14 Nov 17, 4:47pm -

We’ve spent the past few days together thinking on big ideas, hard problems and new visions for what the world might be. What will tie it all together? This session on rebuilding — on facing tough questions and finding the inner (and exterior) re…- 40 days ago, 3 Nov 17, 4:08pm -

First, let me tell you how smart I am. So smart. My fifth-grade teacher said I was gifted in mathematics and, looking back, I have to admit that she was right. I’ve properly grasped the character of metaphysics as trope nominalism, and I can tell y…- 7 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 1:52pm -

Amnesty International and The Economist are very different organisations, but they have reached similar conclusions on policies regarding sex markets. Last August, the International Council of Amnesty International decided to back the complete decrim…- 1 day ago, 12 Dec 17, 6:18pm -